Just Jared revealed an exclusive new character poster featuring Jonathan Rhys Meyers as Valentine Morgenstern in The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones.

Valentine gets the tagline of “Destroyer,” along with “An Instrument of Evil.” The three previously-released character posters–of Clary, Jace and Simon — all had “An Instrument of Good.”

Sony Pictures launched an Instagram marketing campaign on Thursday called the Mortal Reveal, which was similar to their Week of Mortal Love celebration, where they shared clues and photos leading up to character reveals.

For the Mortal Reveal they revealed several shots of the same photo as more of the glamour was pulled back from the photo to ultimately reveal Valentine.

What do you think of the Valentine character poster? Which character poster do you want next? Sound off in the comments!

Jonathan Rhys Meyers will play Valentine Morgenstern in CITY OF BONES.

According to the Spanish news site Fotogrammas, our beloved villain, Jonathan Rhys Meyers is set to star in director Isabel Coixet’s next movie: PANDA EYES. Sophie Turner from GAMES OF THRONES is also expexted to appear along with Jonathan Rhys Meyers. Filming is set to start in Cardiff, Wales after Isabel Coixet finishes her latest project.

“Panda Eyes” is described as “a supernatural thriller that plays tricks with the mind and raises questions about just how unique we are.” It’s been adapted from Cathy MacPhail’s novel “Another Me”. The young adult book is about a teenage girl who starts noticing strange things, including a possible doppelganger following her around

No offical confimation has been made on how Jonathan will be able to squeeze in this thriller project along with the CITY OF BONES and DRACULA filming schedules.

Seems like Jonathan is heading down a dark path with plenty of opportunities to practice his villain skills.
Will you be looking out for Jonathan’s upcoming – scary – movies?
Sounds off in the comments!

Curious about the newest member of the Mortal Instruments family? Get ready to Meet the Cast!

JONATHAN RHYS MEYERS

Background: Born July 27, 1977 in Dublin, Ireland

Character: Rhys Meyers will portray Valentine Morgenstern, a powerful and insane Shadowhunter bent on making the world pure at any cost. He also has a secret involving leads Clary (Lily Collins) and Jace (Jamie Campbell Bower).

Known For: The Tudors, Mission Impossible III, Match Point, Bend It Like Beckham

Upcoming Projects: Dracula

Did You Know: Rhys Meyers thought of joining the priesthood when he was a kid.

Cassandra Clare’s Take: “I’ve liked JRM since he was in Velvet Goldmine and I have to admit that image was what sprang immediately to mind when the producer called me and said “…Jonathan Rhys Meyers?”…So yes I should probably also mention that JRM plays Henry the 8th on The Tudors, and does a very good job of being charismatic, power-hungry, and cold.”

OFFICIAL CAST

Lily Collins (Clary Fray)

Jamie Campbell Bower (Jace Wayland)

Robert Sheehan (Simon Lewis)

Jemima West (Isabelle Lightwood)

Kevin Zegers (Alec Lightwood)

Godfrey Gao (Magnus Bane)

Jonathan Rhys Meyers (Valentine Morgenstern)

Lena Headey (Jocelyn Fray)

Aidan Turner (Luke Garroway)

Jared Harris (Hodge Starkweather)

CCH Pounder (Madame Dorthea)

Stephen R. Hart (Brother Jeremiah)

Kevin Durand (Emil Pangborn)

Robert Maillet (Samuel Blackwell)

While casting is complete, there are still other roles to be announced. Other castings to note that are upcoming: Raphael and Alaric.

The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones begins filming around August 15-20 in Toronto and is slated for an August 23, 2013 theatrical release in the U.S.

What do you think of Rhys Meyers’ addition to the cast? What is your impression of the cast as a whole? Sound off in the comments!

Every Monday here at The Mortal Instruments Source is Movie Monday, where we talk about one of the many topics involving the movie adaptation of “City of Bones.”

Will the secondary characters and their storylines be taken care of in the film adaptation?

Now that we have our two leads in Lily Collins and Jamie Campbell Bower, our attention has shifted to the secondary characters in The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones.

Right now Screen Gems is busy casting the secondary characters and, while we don’t yet have a casting for any of those secondary characters, I got to thinking about just how important those characters will be in the first film adaptation, City of Bones.

Of course that’s already, for the most part, decided by the screenwriter (Jessica Postigo) but scripts constantly change during production and ultimately the director (Scott Charles Stewart) will dictate that.

While we haven’t gotten a glimpse at the script, I think we can all assume that Clary and Jace will be well taken care of in the film.

I know I’m not alone when I say that I hope that Simon, Alec, Isabelle, Magnus, Luke, Hodge–and let’s not forget about Church and Chairman Meow!–are all well represented and their individual storylines are able to shine through.

Why should we be confident that it will all work out?

Two words: Cassandra. Clare.

Clare was able to weave together the Mortal Instruments world and its characters so that their story arcs all connect, thus reassuring us that the integral relationships and the events associated with them (Clary & Simon, Jace & Alec, Alec & Magnus, Clary & Magnus, Clary & Luke, Clary & Jocelyn, Simon & Isabelle, Isabelle & Alec, Hodge & the kids, Hodge & Valentine, Jocelyn & Valentine, etc.) will all be honored as the story–and (hopefully) future films and their stories–wouldn’t make sense without it.

And because I couldn’t resist, here’s a little Alec and Magnus fan video:

After watching Sunday’s MTV Movie Awards I couldn’t help but think that two years from now that “The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones” could be nominated for, well, pretty much every category.

While the movie is still in pre-production, things should be picking up quickly for this best-selling book series-turning-movie franchise.

A not-so-random thought: this time next year we might be anticipating a first look at “The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones” movie. Just how exciting is that thought?!

I got to wondering how “City of Bones” would fare against this year’s nominees.

So let’s pretend that “City of Bones” was nominated for this year’s awards. I want you guys to cast your vote and let’s see how “City of Bones” stands against the competition.

Let’s take a look at the categories:

Best Movie: “The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones”

The question becomes, can “The Mortal Instruments” take on the force that is “Twilight” and its fans? Heck, yes. Not only does “Mortal Instruments” have that breathtaking romance but it has a intriguing and conflicted plot that pushes the characters to the edge. And it has the one thing that none of the other nominees has…Jace Wayland.

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